“Oh no. I warned you.”
I gasp. “You most certainly did not.”
“Well, knowing you, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway. You have this propensity of doing what you want regardless of what others think.”
I scoff.
“You do,” he insists.
“Like what?”
“Like … falling for my brother.” He grins. “You really fell for him, huh?”
I roll my eyes.
“So,” he says, sinking back in his chair, “what is this brunch thing, anyway? You aren’t using me to make him jealous or something, right? He’ll kill me, and that’ll be on you. Can you live with that?”
“I’m not making him jealous. You are literally the only person I know here, and I wasn’t about to sit in Chase’s house while he goes and does whatever today. It’s … awkward.”
Tabitha comes by and places our food in front of us. She makes quick chitchat with Gavin before scampering off to another table.
“Why are you guys fighting?” he asks, chomping on the end of a fry.
“Honestly? I don’t know.”
He looks at me like I’m joking.
“I don’t know,” I say again. “He told me last night that he didn’t think I was a good fit for his life?—”
“What?”
“So I should go home or whatever.” My chest pulls so tight that I wince. “So screw him.”
“I don’t think screwing him is fixing your problems.”
“Ha.”
He takes a drink and watches me over the cup.
My energy begins to wane, and reality begins to settle in. Chase didn’t stop me from leaving this morning.He didn’t try to apologize. He didn’t even try to talk to me.
I frown. “I have a ticket back to Texas this evening.”
Gavin slowly places his glass back on the table.
“Could you take me to the rental car place this afternoon so I can get to the airport? I’ll pay you,” I say.
“Megs.”
I shove a fry in my mouth so I can’t respond.
He grimaces, moving his head around his neck. “Don’t do this.”
“I didn’t do anything,” I say after I swallow.
He picks up his phone again. His fingers fly over the keys.
“Will you take me?” I ask. “If not, I can try to find a taxi, but I don’t know that they come all the way out to Chase’s.”
